Plate and cup and saucer holder



{No Model.)

0. L. MILLER. PLATE AND CUP AND SAUGER HOLDER. No. 515,299. PatentedFeb. 20, 1894.

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PLATE AND CUP AND SAUCER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,299, dated February20, 1894.

Application filed July 24, 1893. serial No. 481,311.. (No model.

playing articles of merchandise in stores and other places, and theobject is to provide a new and improved plate and cup and saucer holder,which is simple anddurable in construction, and arranged to tastilydisplay the articles and permit their convenient attachment to andremoval from the holder whenever de-' sired.

The invention consists of certain parts and details, and combinations ofthesame, as will be hereinafter described and then pointed out in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement'. Fig. 2 isa-transverse section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and with partof the articles of merchandise supported thereon; and Fig. 3 is a frontView of the cup and saucer holder detached from the plate holder.

The improved device is provided with a plate holder A formed preferablyof a single piece of Wire approximately U-shaped, and having its sidearms A and A formed at their upper ends into eyes A and A respectively,adapted to be engaged by corresponding loops B and 13 formed on a hangerB adapted to be fastened to a wall or other support for suspending theholder. The lower ends of the side arms A and A are bent upwardly,inwardly and slightly rearwardly, to form the arms A and A respectively,connected with each other by a horizontally-disposed connecting arm A asplainly illustrated in Fig. 2. By the junction of the arm A with the armA is formed the bend A and a similar bend A is formed at the junction ofthe arms A and A, the said bends being sufficiently wide transversely,to permit the insertion of the edge of the plate so as to hold the samein place, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The

sides of the plate rest against the side arms A and A while the hollowof the plate at the front is engaged by the connecting arm A so that theplate is securely fastened in position on the holder A. The bends A andA may also be engaged by the eyes A and A respectively, of a secondplate holder A, to suspend the latter from the first plate holder; seeFig. 1. The hanger B previously mentioned, is preferably formed of'asingle piece of wire having the upwardly-extending arms 13 and Binclined toward each other from the loops B and B as plainly shown inthe drawings, the upper ends of the said arms being formed into eyes Band B respectively,

registering with eachother and adapted to be engaged by a nail, screw,pin or other device for suspending the entire holder. The middle bar 13extends from the loops B and B horizontally, so that the holder has anapproximately triangular shape of which the arm B forms the base. holder0 is also made of a single piece ofwii'e and formed near its upper endwith a hook 0 adapted to receive the handle of the cup, as plainlyillustrated in, Fig. 1, so as to support the said cup. The upper end ofthe hook 0 extends from a coil 0 made in the wire and the rear end 0 ofthis coil 0 is bent outwardly and upwardly to form an eye 0 from whichextends downwardly, the side arm 0 formed near its lower end with adouble loop C and the extreme lower end of the said side arm 0 isconnected by a horizontal arm 0 with the lower end of the side arm 0 ar-The cup and saucer ranged parallel to the side arm 0 and likewiseprovided nearits lower end with a double,

loop 0 arranged opposite the loop 0 The upper end of this side arm 0 isformed with an eye 0 similar to and opposite the eye 0 and the end 0 ofthe wire extending from the eye 0 is twisted on the rear end 0 Thedouble loops C and C are adapted to engage the inclined arms A and A onthe plate holder A, so as to support the cup and saucer holder 0 on thesaid plate holder. The hook 0 extends sufficiently rearward to form aspring clamp with the side arm C and O for the saucer, which latter issimply pushed alongthe side arms 0 and C under the rear end of the hookC", so that the latter, by the pressure of its spring coil 0 securelyholds the said saucer in place, as will be'readily understoodbyreference to Fig. 2; The artn O of the holder 0 is adapted to be engagedby eyes 0 and O of a second holder 0 to suspend the latter from thefirst holder, as shown in Fig. 3, in case the second plate holder A isdispensed with.

It will be seen that by the construction described the plate holder Ahas a pivotal connection at its eyes A and A with the hanger B, and thecup and saucer holder 0 is supported from the plate holder. As the saidcup and saucer holder extends in front of the plate and is suspended inthe holder A it prevents the saucer or cup from coming in contact withthe plate, thus preventing injury to either. v t

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the class described, comprisinga hanger, aplate holder having a pivotal connection with the hangerandprovided with side arms extending vertically d0wnward,inclined armsextending upwardly inwardly andrearwardly from the lower ends of thevertical arms, and a connecting arm for the said inclined arms, and acup and saucer holder extending in front of the plate holder andprovided with vertical arms formed with loops ,near their lower ends toengage the inclined arms of the plate holder, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A device of the class described, provided with a plate holder,comprising a hanger B formed with loops B B and provided with the eyesBl3 registering with each other, and a holder proper, comprising verticalside arms A A bent outwardly and downwardly at their upper ends to formeyes A A ,engaging the said hanger loops, said arms A A extendingvertically downward to their lower ends then extending upwardly inwardlyand rearwardly forming the bends A A and the inclined arms A A and theconnecting arm A for the said arms A A substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. Adevice of the class described provided with a saucer and cup holder,comprising side arms formed with double loops near their lower ends, theupper ends of said side arms being bent inwardly toward each other, ahook extending from the upper part of the holder and arranged betweenthe side arms and having a coil of wire forming a spring, substantiallyas shown and described.

4. A device of the class described provided with a saucer andcup holder,comprising the side arms 0 0 formed near their lower ends with the loops0 O and at their'upper ends with eyes 0 O the arm C connecting the lowerendsof the side arms, the arms 0 (J extending from the eyes at the upperends of the side arms inwardly, thehook O and the wire coil Csubstantially as shown and described.

. OSCAR L. MILLER.

Witnesses:

J. W. DUNKIN, O. A. SMITH.

